Smart Business Magazine, March 2018

38 Smart Business Cleveland March 2018 ClevelandTECHNOLOGYAWARDS2018 The changing economy has enabled OMNI Systems Inc led by CEO and owner Adam DeFrancesco to move to a 24 hour a day operation and implement manufacturing process improvements dramatically reducing scrap and increasing throughput As a result the company has increased the quality and selection of its label offerings and reduced prices catalyzing growth over the past year As technology has become more embedded in manufacturing OMNI had to figure out how to use it to better serve its customers By implementing state of the art supply chain and ERP systems it has been able to create efficiencies for its clients saving them time and money Scrap has been reduced to less than 1 percent while throughput has been increased which has contributed to significant growth OMNIs technology investments have also helped improve its metrics considerably in the past year with a 98 percent fill rate and 80 percent run efficiency New manufacturing equipment has been added that enables OMNI to complete work orders in less time For instance by using a new piece of equipment and automation the company was able to reduce a specific customers order production time from three weeks to one and a half weeks Adam DeFrancesco CEO and Owner www omnisystem com Park Place Technologies led by President and COO Chris Adams provides an alternative to post warranty storage server and networking hardware maintenance for IT data centers The company supports more than 15000 customers in 106 countries using technology to redefine the IT service experience In December Park Place announced the launch of ParkView a remote triage service platform that enables predictive detection and identification of hardware faults that occur within a data center It revolutionizes visibility into data center infrastructure and operations by identifying and reporting hardware faults in some cases predictively then triages the fault and identifies the proper fix improving repair speed ParkViews TrueSight AIOps platform identifies and contextualizes patterns from virtually any data source revealing recurring issues and repetitive tasks ideal for automation TrueSight dynamically learns the behavior of infrastructure and manages capacity enabling enterprise IT to be as efficient and error proof as possible all while reducing costs Park Place conducted a beta test of ParkView with a select group of customers Of the 787 assets that were monitored ParkView was able to identify 76 actionable errors either before or immediately after they occurred saving what could have amounted to hundreds of hours in downtime under traditional methods For any company looking to maximize uptime ParkView could be a game changer Chris Adams President and COO www parkplacetechnologies com Realeflow is a complete software as a service solution for real estate investors that has serviced over 94000 real estate investors nationwide The software seamlessly integrates with large real estate investing educational partners throughout the U S to serve as the backend technical solution for their entire student base In addition to its long time partnership with FortuneBuilders in 2017 Realeflow partnered with large real estate educational groups such as Clever Investor in Arizona and Renatus in Utah As it looks to add value for its customers Realeflow led by Founder and CEO Greg Clement is acquiring a wide range of real estate data from several sources massaging that data and then delivering it to customers in a way that is easiest for them to consume Realeflow provides investors with access to nationwide buyer and seller leads both off market and multiple listing service It features automated marketing solutions a repair estimator and rehab planner to assess property repairs on the first visit and create complete rehab plans and comp engine and deal analyzer tools to analyze deals in minutes What started as simple software to help a local real estate investor has turned into a multimillion dollar company that has helped thousands of entrepreneurs across the country Greg Clement Founder and CEO www realeflow com E S T A B L I S H E D T E C H F I R M H O N O R E E S

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